What bike are you thinking of buying next ? What's the shortlist ?
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Re: What bike are you thinking of buying next ? What's the shortlist ?
I always said i would never get a flip front ........ says the bloke with a shiny new Neotec 2
For the teaching stuff its excellent and very comfortable as well in cold weather, more so than the Arai TourX4
For the teaching stuff its excellent and very comfortable as well in cold weather, more so than the Arai TourX4
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Must be shopping time now we're not spending money on fuel ? or going out ? Or, well, anything else actually.
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I'm trying not to spend anything, right now I'd prefer to have cash in case it's needed for the future.
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Recently passed my CBT so I've been riding a Honda XR125 but I've already got the bug and would like to go for my full license. I'm struck by a yamaha xsr700 for my first bike.
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The only bike at present is the new 200cc Italjet Dragster.
My original year 2000 2 stroke one is a keeper ( it's completely original and still has only done approx 2k km from new) , I just love the look of the new ones and at €5.5k it is, IMO, reasonably priced for something which has a lot of really cool engineering and styling touches and to my eyes at least, is gorgeous
I think it could well end up as another classic, so is a no-brainer really- another for the pension/kids inheritance fund
At the end of last year, the factory was saying June /July, but, well, it's made in Italy, and that date was pre CV19, feck knows when they will appear now...
My original year 2000 2 stroke one is a keeper ( it's completely original and still has only done approx 2k km from new) , I just love the look of the new ones and at €5.5k it is, IMO, reasonably priced for something which has a lot of really cool engineering and styling touches and to my eyes at least, is gorgeous
I think it could well end up as another classic, so is a no-brainer really- another for the pension/kids inheritance fund
At the end of last year, the factory was saying June /July, but, well, it's made in Italy, and that date was pre CV19, feck knows when they will appear now...
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I really like the look of the Mash Dirt Bike.
For a couple of grand you can't go wrong, I'll give it to my lad, he can abuse it for a year as a 17yr old scrote, then I'll ride it around when it's a bit knackered and not care a fig if it gets knocked about.
For a couple of grand you can't go wrong, I'll give it to my lad, he can abuse it for a year as a 17yr old scrote, then I'll ride it around when it's a bit knackered and not care a fig if it gets knocked about.
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That particular one is a 125cc 4T, but I think they do biggers ones up to a 400cc.
I don't know any more about them other than coming across a video on Youtube with some bloke saying they're really good and a million miles away from the Chinese crap of yesteryear - looks like they've caught up now.
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Really ? You don't think thats a bit GS500/ER5 ? A bit mickey mouse and cheap looking ?Julian_Boolean wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 11:30 am This
https://www.zigwheels.com/news-features ... led/38033/
If it gets put into production
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I like the looks of the ER5!weeksy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 11:55 amReally ? You don't think thats a bit GS500/ER5 ? A bit mickey mouse and cheap looking ?Julian_Boolean wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 11:30 am This
https://www.zigwheels.com/news-features ... led/38033/
If it gets put into production
As for it being a bit cheap, all new bikes look a bit cheap and nasty compared with the Japanese sports bikes of the 90s, the CB750/900/1100 it's styled after were a bit nasty finish wise, but so were most early 80s bikes. I'm more bothered about how much it's going to weigh as it will have to have ABS and all the other crap modern bikes have to have
I have looked at the bike it's based on with a view to buying one, the concept worked for me, but the styling didn't, and I don't want it for track use, I've got other bikes for that.
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Re: What bike are you thinking of buying next ? What's the shortlist ?
I agree completely with that, it'd probably look better with twin shocks, but mono shock works better
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Re: What bike are you thinking of buying next ? What's the shortlist ?
Shortlist? Nah, I don't think it works like that - at least for me. I don't visit bikeshops very often, but when I do I like to be led to something that appeals. That is likely to mean something I've not had before, and something that will make me think wow! It helps if you have a bike trader you trust - in a sense someone who knows how to play the game. I don't mind being 'sold to' if I trust the dealer. Anyway, when I bought the Triumph America, I was half way to a Honda VFR1200 when the dealer made some interesting comments about cruisers. I'd never had a cruiser.....done! Cheers
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For the first time in ages there's nothing on my "to-buy" list. Another classic might be nice but I don't have the budget to do a proper restoration, or the time to ride the two I already have. Either way the track SV would have to go first as there's no space in the garage, and I don't see that going for a couple of years - I'm not ready to quit trackdays just yet. On the road now, the 790 and the Grom meet all my road biking needs. One is plenty fast enough and amazingly capable on and off road, the other is just ridiculous fun. Ask me again in a year
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Funny, after years of saying I prefer bikes that don't have twiddly looking "bits stuck anywhere" styling, a modern bike that looks to me far too slabby.
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What did you think of it? Loved the MT09 I had a shot on.
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As a former 1985 GSXR750 owner, I don't think that's possible
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